The New Jewish Theatre continues its 20th season with John Logan’s play “Never the Sinner” from March 16 to April 2. The play has been described as a chilling love story between two brilliant and privileged young men tried for what became known...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 1, 2017
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is known for giving voice to stories of the disenfranchised that otherwise might be forgotten. “Intimate Apparel” certainly delivers on that, though in the capable hands of New Jewish Theatre director...
The New Jewish Theatre will continue its 20th season with the award-winning Lynn Nottage play “Intimate Apparel” from Jan. 26 to Feb. 12 in the Jewish Community Center’s Wool Studio Theatre, 2 Millstone Campus Drive. The play is set in 1905 New...
BY ROBERT A. COHN , Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published December 7, 2016
“Driving Miss Daisy,’ Alfred Uhry’s acclaimed 1988 play that won both the Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize in drama, and an Oscar for the film version the following year, is given a powerfully acted and timely reprise as the New Jewish Theatre’s...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 30, 2016
For just the third time in the history of the New Jewish Theatre, artistic director Kathleen Sitzer will step out of her office and onto the stage. Sitzer will play Daisy Werthen in Alfred Uhry’s poignant drama “Driving Miss Daisy,” the second show...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 19, 2016
This story was originally published on October 19, 2016
The one-woman play “Golda’s Balcony,” which is being performed through Oct. 30 at the New Jewish Theatre, features actress Lavonne Byers in a stunning portrayal of the late Israeli Prime...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 13, 2016
As Good as GoldaHearing I’m from St. Louis, actress Tovah Feldshuh asks if I’m planning to attend the New Jewish Theatre’s production of “Golda’s Balcony,” which runs through Oct. 30. Feldshuh was the original star of the one-woman show, playing...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 13, 2016
The recent passing of former Israeli president and Prime Minister Shimon Peres is a poignant and timely backdrop to the New Jewish Theatre’s opening play of its 20th season, “Golda’s Balcony,” by William Gibson, featuring a stunning performance...
Next month, the New Jewish Theatre will open its 20th season with William Gibson’s one-woman show, “Golda’s Balcony.”The play depicts Israel’s fourth Prime Minister, Golda Meir, during what came to be known as the Yom Kippur War in 1973 —...
BY Margaret Gillerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 17, 2016
Kathleen Sitzer, the founding artistic director of the New Jewish Theatre, jokes that audiences know her as the person who gets up in front of every performance, gives a curtain speech and reminds them to turn off their cell phones.But this season —...
To celebrate its upcoming milestone 20th anniversay season, the New Jewish Theatre will revive two of its most popular shows from the past in 2016-2017.The season opens Oct. 6 to 30 with the William Gibson blockbuster, “Golda’s Balcony,” directed...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 27, 2016
Move over BarbraWhen the New Jewish Theatre presents “Yentl” next week, don’t go expecting “Papa, Can You Hear Me?” or any of the other songs featured in the 1983 film that Barbra Streisand co-wrote, directed, co-produced and starred in as the...
